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Composed in 1824 by Hector Berlioz at the age of twenty-one and premiered at the church of Saint-Roch in Paris in 1825, the Messe solennelle has come down to us following an eventful history. After Berlioz declared that he had destroyed the score, the mass was considered lost until it was rediscovered in Antwerp in 1992. This remarkable work helps us both to appreciate the development of Berlioz’s style – already revolutionary in his early years – and to understand what he owed to his contemporaries, notably Cherubini, whose monumental Requiem Hervé Niquet has already recorded (Alpha 251). Scored for three soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), chorus and orchestra, the work consists of thirteen movements, material from which Berlioz was to reuse in several later works, notably in the ‘Scène aux champs’ of the Symphonie fantastique, which quotes the ‘Gratias’. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death, Hervé Niquet, fascinated by this work – ‘There’s nothing he doesn’t know about dramaturgy and vocal style. At the age of twenty!’ – decided to programme it (the concert at the famous Berlioz Festival of La Côte Saint-André was a memorable occasion) and record it in the Chapelle Royale of the Château de Versailles. © Alpha Classics
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Messe solennelle, H 20 (Hector Berlioz)
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Andreas Wolf, Bass - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Adriana Gonzalez, Soprano - Andreas Wolf, Bass - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Andreas Wolf, Bass - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Andreas Wolf, Bass - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Julien Behr, Tenor - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
Julien Behr, Tenor - Andreas Wolf, Bass - Le Concert Spirituel - Hervé Niquet, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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Composed in 1824 by Hector Berlioz at the age of twenty-one and premiered at the church of Saint-Roch in Paris in 1825, the Messe solennelle has come down to us following an eventful history. After Berlioz declared that he had destroyed the score, the mass was considered lost until it was rediscovered in Antwerp in 1992. This remarkable work helps us both to appreciate the development of Berlioz’s style – already revolutionary in his early years – and to understand what he owed to his contemporaries, notably Cherubini, whose monumental Requiem Hervé Niquet has already recorded (Alpha 251). Scored for three soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), chorus and orchestra, the work consists of thirteen movements, material from which Berlioz was to reuse in several later works, notably in the ‘Scène aux champs’ of the Symphonie fantastique, which quotes the ‘Gratias’. On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Berlioz’s death, Hervé Niquet, fascinated by this work – ‘There’s nothing he doesn’t know about dramaturgy and vocal style. At the age of twenty!’ – decided to programme it (the concert at the famous Berlioz Festival of La Côte Saint-André was a memorable occasion) and record it in the Chapelle Royale of the Château de Versailles. © Alpha Classics
Details of original recording : Recorded June 2019, Chapelle royale, Château de Versailles (France)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet
- Composer: Hector Berlioz
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
2019 Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France 2019 Festival Berlioz & Le Concert Spirituel & Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France
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